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Edna St. Vincent Millay

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Edna St. Vincent Millay was an American lyrical poet and playwright. She received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1923, the third woman to win the award for poetry, and was also known for her feminist activism and her many love affairs. She used the pseudonym Nancy Boyd for her prose work. The poet Richard Wilbur asserted, "She wrote some of the best sonnets of the century."


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Quote Left I know I am but summer to your heart, and not the full four seasons of the year. Quote Right
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Quote Left It is not true that life is one damn thing after another- it is one damn thing over and over. Quote Right
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Quote Left Set the foot down with distrust on the crust of the world -- it is thin. Quote Right
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Quote Left Death devours all lovely things; Lesbia with her sparrow Shares the darkness—presently Every bed is narrow. Quote Right
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Quote Left God, I can push the grass apart and lay my finger on Thy heart. Quote Right
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